See the friction before yourcustomers feel the consequences.
We help CEOs and customer operations leaders see what is actually happening, decide what matters, and take the next accountable action.
- Who we serve
- CEOs, COOs, Chief Customer Officers, studio, support, and software executives, from SMB to enterprise
- What we provide
- Diagnostics, operating frameworks, turnkey service delivery, and accountable recommendations
- The value
- Senior operating judgment that turns complex customer operations into clear, accountable action.
Operating experience
What the people here have already run
Operating experience held by members of the team, at the scale where customer operations either hold or break.
30 to 1M
Growth at scale
Scaling from roughly 30 support tickets to one million customer interactions in a single week.
90% CSAT
CSAT sustained
That same operating experience included sustaining approximately 90% CSAT through demanding volume.
$200M → $6M
Budget rebuilt
Reshaped a $200 million support operation into $6 million, with customer trust and quality intact.
Advisory work
Eight ways we turn situation into action
Each pathway matches a common leadership situation to the advisory service that answers it.
Support Operations Diagnostic
Assess and establish the baseline
Leadership senses that support performance is drifting but the reporting does not explain why, and nobody can say which risks are closest to reaching customers.
Support Technology and Program Implementation
Select, build, and launch the right support model
The company is entering a new stage, market, or product motion and the current support model will not carry it.
Escalation and Incident Support
Stabilize high-pressure customer operations
A launch, a demand spike, a vendor problem, an incident, or a trust issue is already affecting customers and the response needs senior hands.
Ongoing Executive Advisory
Run and improve the operation over time
The function works, but performance depends on individual effort rather than a governed operating rhythm.
Fully Managed Support Operation
A fully managed support operation, run for you
The business needs a support operation that performs from day one, and building it in house would cost time it does not have.
Launch and Spike Readiness
Make launch readiness a total business discipline
A launch is approaching and support readiness is being treated as a staffing exercise, while the real risks sit across product knowledge, brand, legal, marketing, community, sales, warranty, and quality assurance.
Support Partner Optimization
Optimize partner and vendor delivery
Partner delivery is not meeting the standard leadership believes was bought, and reporting does not settle the argument.
Support Experience Review
Review the experience customers actually receive
Dashboards look healthy while customer sentiment, churn signals, or escalations tell a different story.
The advisors
The people doing the work are the reason to call
Boyd Beasley
Principal Advisor
Customer Experience Executive, Global Support and Live Service
Former executive leader with Microsoft Gaming, Bethesda Softworks, ZeniMax Media Inc., and Electronic Arts. He built the global support organization behind The Elder Scrolls Online and led enterprise AI enablement within Xbox Customer Experience.
Mike Green
Principal Advisor
Customer Experience Program Management and PMO
Former global readiness, program management, and product management leader with Bethesda Softworks, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Naver, and BigCommerce. He connected executive leadership, production, and support across hundreds of product launches and release events.
Hap Campbell
Principal Delivery Advisor
Customer Experience, Multi-Region Service Operations
Former Director of Customer Support at ZeniMax Media Inc., Bethesda Softworks, and Microsoft, with earlier service operations leadership at Kesmai, Origin Systems, and Electronic Arts. Hap was accountable for worldwide customer service across seven facilities spanning three continents.
Tres Herndon
Principal Business Advisor
Customer Experience Business Operations, Systems and Reporting
Former Customer Service Business Operations Manager at Bethesda Softworks, with experience at Microsoft and ZeniMax Media Inc. He ran the operational machinery behind customer service, from vendor governance and contracts to budgets and reporting.
Beyond the four
Behind these four is a vast list of core operators the firm draws on, each with deep subject matter expertise across support, technology, programs, and operations.
Results
Experience carried into the work
Representative situations led by members of our team in prior roles, and the outcomes they achieved.
Extraordinary customer demand met at scale
Team members introduced a Tier 0 support stream for widespread use cases, paired with Tier 1 to Tier 3 support, and combined channel mix, automation, bulk processing, and self-service deflection across aligned local, onshore, and offshore BPO partners.
Situation and outcomeA support operation rebuilt around a different model
Team members reshaped the operation around a fundamentally different delivery approach.
Situation and outcomeHundreds of product launches held to one readiness discipline
Team members led global readiness, program management, and product management across major launches and release events in prior roles.
Situation and outcomeWhat you receive
Clarity, priorities, and a plan that can be executed
A clearer operating picture
An objective baseline of your support function, written for executive decision-making rather than operational reporting.
A focused set of priorities
Risks and opportunities ranked by consequence, so leadership knows what to address first and what can wait.
A practical path forward
A sequenced plan with owners, decision points, and implementation checkpoints from diagnosis through delivery.
Engagement options
Three ways to work with the firm
Short, defined scope
Focused review
A single question answered properly: a diagnostic, a readiness verdict, a partner assessment, or an AI review. The scope is defined up front, the work runs against the evidence available, and leadership receives a clear finding it can act on immediately.
Best when leadership needs an independent answer quickly and without ambiguity.
Multi-phase engagement
Build or change program
Design and stand up a support operating model, governance structure, or partner arrangement, with the advisors accountable through execution. Includes turnkey, fully managed service and support for organizations that want the operation run on their behalf.
Best when the current model will not carry the next stage of the business, or when managed service and support is the faster path to it.
Standing relationship
Ongoing advisory layer
Senior counsel available as decisions arise, with regular sessions, review of live evidence, and direct recommendations. The relationship covers the moves between formal engagements, from vendor decisions and model changes to escalations that need an experienced read before acting.
Best when a leader wants experienced judgment on call rather than another permanent hire.
Insights
Lessons from the advisory bench
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If we are not the right advisors for the situation, we will say so.
An initial conversation is confidential and carries no obligation. Provide us with a scenario or desired outcome and we will provide you with an honest and meaningful path to resolution.